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The Biden White House, top officials say, is going to make filling judicial vacancies a top priority. Hallelujah. While a key reason Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell had so many vacancies to fill was the essential blockade Republican senators put on President Obama's nominations, a significant factor was that administration's lack of prioritization of judges in the first term. That's not going to happen this time.
And thanks to Mitch McConnell, President Biden will be able to use his precedent of filling them even faster than Trump. There are multiple jurisdictions where the courts at both the general district, and appeals level need to be expanded because of the expansion of cases, that have overwhelmed the courts ability to hear them. President Biden could put more than 200 judges in seats, in just two years with minor tweaks in parliamentary procedure in the Senate.

Biden wants to start getting judges in seats ASAP; he'll need Durbin's help on those damn blue slips
The Biden White House, top officials say, is going to make filling judicial vacancies a top priority. Hallelujah. While a key reason Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell had so many vacancies to fill was the essential blockade Republican senators put...
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And thanks to Mitch McConnell, President Biden will be able to use his precedent of filling them even faster than Trump. There are multiple jurisdictions where the courts at both the general district, and appeals level need to be expanded because of the expansion of cases, that have overwhelmed the courts ability to hear them. President Biden could put more than 200 judges in seats, in just two years with minor tweaks in parliamentary procedure in the Senate.